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“We need you to go through these, see what’s here. No one has touched them for years, at least that’s what Red says. I tried to talk to Wes about it, but he wasn’t president long enough to know.”
“Why not just ask Simon?” My gaze flicked between Giles and Killian, but they both froze.
Giles peered over his shoulder and let out an odd sound. Killian began pulling files and lining them up inside of a clear container.
“The club doesn’t know he’s alive.” Killian finally explained once he was closer.
Well that was a rather big piece of information I wasn’t aware was secret. I felt another flush working up my chest. How come no one told me? I blamed Callie, if she were actually a part of the club like Red was, she would have said something.
Did Red even know?
“Oh.”
“You’ll carry this key from now on, but no one else can use it. You can’t loan it to Callie or Wes, not even Giles. I’m going to have you start working on these files now, so whatever you’re doing for Red, it’ll get bumped.”
Peeking over the tote, I began thumbing through a few.
“What exactly am I looking for?”
“You’re shredding anything that’s in the files with red marks along the front.” He showed me one that had a large red marker slashed in the form of an x.
“Okay, but why?” I folded my arms, glaring between the two Stone Riders.
Giles flipped his key chain over his thumb and finger, keeping watch by the door while Killian remained on the floor.
“It doesn’t matter why. It matters that it’s done, and that you don’t talk about what you see in these folders. Everything in here is illegal, so you’ll have to learn to keep your mouth shut.”
That wouldn’t be a problem, but I wouldn’t dignify his comment with a response.
“And the folders without the red mark?”
His green eyes bounced up, landing on me briefly before sliding the key off the ring and placing it on a new one.
“They’ll need to be relabeled and set aside for me to review.”
The tote was nearly full when he finally stood and handed me the key.
“Is there a time frame you need this done by?”
“Next week.”
“Well—” I started, but he just moved past me, lightly bumping my shoulder on his way.
With one last look over his shoulder, Killian lifted his lip in a sneer.
“Now, maybe you’ll actually be pulling your weight in the club instead of having a free pass for being Callie’s best friend.”
Asshole.
“Oh, and you might want to rethink your little plan regarding leaving the club. Once you see these files, you won’t be able to.”
He was gone and I was left standing in the wake of Killian’s wrath. I had nearly forgotten how mean he could be. What a fool I’d been to assume he’d treat me like anything other than his plaything.
My phone suddenly chimed with an incoming text, pulling my attention from the empty doorway. I’d push this interaction with Killian down, just like I always did.
Reaching for my phone, I saw the text was from my mom.
Mom: There’s going to be a reporter emailing you for a quote on the piece they’re printing about your father. Please respond and remember to smile big even through text.
